. Making horticulture pay; experiences in gardening and fruit growing. Gardening. 122 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY seed as a gift. Start in right. Make up your mind to pay a good price for good seed, and pay it without a whimper. There is no use in sowing trouble and disap- pointment. " Write for catalogs to reliable seed houses. You will find their advertisements in the better-class farm journals and magazines. When you get the catalogs, get to work. The study of catalogs is much harder work than plant- ing the garden. Apparently seed houses lack sense of both humor and proportion. About ever
. Making horticulture pay; experiences in gardening and fruit growing. Gardening. 122 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY seed as a gift. Start in right. Make up your mind to pay a good price for good seed, and pay it without a whimper. There is no use in sowing trouble and disap- pointment. " Write for catalogs to reliable seed houses. You will find their advertisements in the better-class farm journals and magazines. When you get the catalogs, get to work. The study of catalogs is much harder work than plant- ing the garden. Apparently seed houses lack sense of both humor and proportion. About every- thing they advertise is recom- mended so highly that choosing just which to plant is as difficult as threading a needle in the SPADES FRANKNESS COMMENDED " I wish to pay a tribute to a man in Iowa for his courage. I have never used his seed, because when I got his catalog I had supplied myself with about all I needed. But his style in commenting on his wares is refreshing. He has not the least hesitation in condemning some of the seeds he lists; and when he has some- thing which he thinks is of high grade, he says so with the same wholesome can- dor. After all, if you study it out, there is considerable shrewd sense in his frank- ness. It inspires trust. I wish that some GARDEN FORK. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York, Orange Judd Co.
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